# Continuity Check

> Find every inconsistency before a reader does — timeline, props, wardrobe, injuries, knowledge.

Checks the screenplay's timeline, character knowledge, props, wardrobe, injuries, locations, and names, then flags contradictions with the line that establishes a fact and the line that breaks it. Most findings are review-only, with the evidence to fix them yourself.

- Scope

  The full script

- Output

  Cited continuity findings

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The pass, in miniature

Continuity Check · The full script Inside Plot

## Bring the work

- 01 The full script and the continuity links between scenes

Run one focused pass

Continuity Check

## Review the result

- A finding per contradiction, tagged by category and severity (Critical / Warning / Note)
- The verbatim establishing line and the line that contradicts it, each cited

One screenplay. One specialist lens. A result you can review where you write.

## When to reach for it

1. 01 Before sending a draft to a reader, producer, or contest
2. 02 After a big rewrite that moved scenes around
3. 03 A prop, injury, or piece of character knowledge might not line up

## Where this pass stops

- Rewrite the script — most findings are review-only, with the evidence to fix them yourself
- Flag a contradiction without citing the establishing line
- Treat intentional ambiguity as an error where the text supports it

## Tune the pass

Parameters you can set when you run /continuity-check.

- Scope

  Choose the full script or one act.

- Include Timeline Viz

  Generate a visual timeline of events.

## About Continuity Check

Practical answers before you run the pass.

**What kinds of continuity does it check?**

Timeline, character knowledge, props, wardrobe, injuries, locations, and name or detail consistency — each finding names its category and cites the establishing line it contradicts.

**Does it change my script?**

No. Most findings are review-only and carry the exact evidence, so you decide how to resolve each one.

## Related skills

- [Script Coverage](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/coverage)

  [Industry-style script coverage — see your script the way a professional reader will, first.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/coverage)
- [Tone Pass](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/tone-pass)

  [Map your script's emotional arc scene by scene and catch the tonal breaks.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/tone-pass)
- [Mystery Fair Play](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/mystery-fair-play)

  [Trace clues, suspect knowledge and unsupported deductions in your screenplay. Review suggested edits and a mystery report linked to the evidence.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/mystery-fair-play)
- [World Rules](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/world-rules)

  [Make the world's powers, costs, and exceptions hold together.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/world-rules)

## Related templates and terms

- [Retcon](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/retcon)

  [The difference between a planned revision of earlier facts and a contradiction nobody meant.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/retcon)

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